WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Marble Falls One oft-repeated line from the old Beach Boys song was “I wish they could all be California.” Some group ought to do a cover of that song with the line, “I wish we all could be Californians.” Of course, most of us couldn’t afford it, but maybe if we could substitute …
Marble Falls Hardly nine months ago, workers in a Buffalo Starbucks won the first US-election in the company. In the first eight months since that initial victory, Workers United / SEIU has won 200 elections, 52 of them unanimously, for a win rate of around 85% of all elections filed. According to the NLRB, …
Marble Falls I can already hear the squealing even more than a thousand miles from Washington, DC. Despite a miraculous pandemic recovery in many areas, especially jobs, there will be some redcoats jumping up and down about fraud connected to the bailout through the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and other programs. I quickly …